For a few decades already growth of consumption/GDP has been decoupled from growth of energy and resource usage. Roughly speaking, we consume more by consuming

For a few decades already growth of consumption/GDP has been decoupled from growth of energy and resource usage. Roughly speaking, we consume more by consuming "better" things rather than "larger" things. A $1000 iPhone is much "more consumption" than a 1990s cell phone plus portable CD player plus a calculator, but takes less resources than those things. Even more so when consumption of digital entertainment replaces live entertainment.